Re: backup and synchronize to fastmail

[Vincent Beffara <vbeffara+ml@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

> Apparently, there is a problem here. On the one hand, I need offlineima=
p to be
> running in background in the departmental cluster. On the other hand, t=
his
> noninteractive interface requires to write both account passwords in th=
e
> configuration file, which is insecure in this case.

Well if you have full shell access to the machine, you could use screen,=20
run offlineimap within it (and type your password then) and then detach=20
the screen session. Offlineimap will not think that it is in the=20
background, and you can keep an eye on it by reconnecting to the screen=20
session if needed ...

  /v

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Vincent Beffara
UMPA - ENS Lyon
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